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Overview
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Work History
Education
Certification
Timeline
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Rupesh Mahajan

Nagpur

Summary

GROUP MANAGER - TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Dedicated and results-driven Customer Support & Services (CSS) leader with over 17+ years of experience in fast-growing global support operations. Committed to exceeding customer satisfaction and driving exceptional customer experiences. Skilled in managing large teams to surpass operational performance goals and developing talent-nurturing programs that foster accomplished leaders and Support Engineers. Demonstrated success in collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve customer experience and deliver business results.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Skills

  • Motivational Leadership
  • Managing Service Level Agreements
  • Managing Operations and Efficiency
  • Continuous Improvement Planning and Implementation
  • Escalation Management
  • Customer Satisfaction / NPS Improvement
  • Account Management
  • People Management

Work History

Persistent Systems Limited

Group Manager- Technical Support
2012.07 - Current (12 years & 2 months)

Job overview

  • Presently managing Portfolio of Managed Services accounts for Global Customers involving Cloud(IBM, AWS) Instance Management and Maintenance
  • Team Size – 45+
  • In past Managed L2 Product support team of 50+ Technical support engineers for IBM Enterprise Content Management product portfolio with business size of USD 5M
  • Transitioned, Managed L2 Product Support for IBM’s Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager(TNPM)
  • Responsible for CSAT targets, managing customer relationships, and end-to-end support delivery
  • PMO focal for support service delivery, managing operations, revenue projections, resource utilization, capacity planning for existing business, and new growth projections
  • Managed P&L for 6 accounts and achieved margin targets by ensuring adequate resource staffing with fast-tracked hiring efforts to meet onboarding timelines and ensuring resources are ready to deploy
  • Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Monitored and analyzed business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments.
  • Controlled costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Tracking and reporting service level metrics to leadership and client executive team
  • Ensuring SLA adherence to all business KPIs
  • Leading MBR/QBR with senior leadership team and key client stakeholders
  • Responsible for Identification and implementation of Process improvement areas
  • Strong focus on customer relationships, People management, Talent retention, new hiring, and knowledge management
  • Active involvement in account farming, assisting in preparing business proposals for new opportunities demonstrating product support capabilities and maturity in existing product portfolio
  • Developed and implemented training initiatives for new hires.
  • Increased customer satisfaction ratings to 10.By improving backlog from 300 tickets to 30.
  • People & Performance management – Goal setting for direct reports, performance evaluation, talent identification, coaching, and people development
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.

Sigma Software Solutions Pvt.Ltd

Technical Account Manager
2011.03 - 2012.07 (1 year & 4 months)

Job overview

  • Managed Global Technical Support Team spread at various geographical locations (EMEA, APAC, US, CANADA) for Telecom Provisioning Product of SMP from India
  • Responsible for Resource Management, Escalation Management, SLA, and
  • CSAT Management.
  • Developed and executed solutions to customer needs and drivers through hands-on engagement.
  • Engaged in tool and process improvements to streamline customer success activities and services.
  • Improved Resolution Time from months to 15 Days

Dell Perot Systems

Specialist
2010.04 - 2011.02 (10 months)

Job overview

  • Improved Incident management process to improve resolution time
  • Introduced Problem Management as a part of process improvement
  • Responsible for overall support functions Operations
  • Responsible for Managing and coordinating the deployments of the SMP application
  • People & Performance management – Goal setting for direct reports, performance evaluation, talent identification, coaching, and people development, Managed a 10+ member team of L1 Support for Investment banking Applications
  • Was accountable for SLAs and CSAT
  • Responsible for Resource Planning and Management to ensure 24x7 support coverage
  • Responsible for Escalation Resolution
  • Responsible for Incident and Problem Management Process adherence by the
  • Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
  • Listened and responded to customer requests and forwarded necessary information to superiors.

Tech Mahindra Limited

Senior Technical Associate
2007.02 - 2010.03 (3 years & 1 month)

Job overview

  • Was in charge of leading a Support Team composed of 15+ members
  • Team was responsibility for providing L2 and L3 Support and managing MIS applications related to field engineer data gathering
  • Assisted customers in identifying issues and explained solutions to restore service and functionality.
  • Used ticketing systems to manage and process support actions and requests.
  • Documented support interactions for future reference.
  • In addition to this, I was involved in internal and external quality audits
  • I was responsible for Monthly Performance reporting and operations reviews with internal and external Stakeholders
  • Was Responsible for Escalation resolution and continuous process/KPIs improvement
  • Responsible for Customer Satisfaction and NPS ratings.

Zensar Technologies Limited

Consultant
2004.01 - 2007.01 (3 years)

Job overview

  • As Support Focal successfully transitioned group of applications from United Kingdom to Offshore center in India
  • Primary responsibility for resolving reported tickets under ITIL framework
  • Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
  • Responsible for supporting Group of applications
  • Responsible for SLA adherence, and customer satisfaction
  • Responsible for Minor enhancements, Data fixes via incident and problem management processes
  • Successfully Migrated DB applications for Largest shipping corporation in world.
  • Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationships for future business opportunities.

Vasundhara Software Solutions and Ideal Software Solutions

Developer
2002.08 - 2003.10 (1 year & 2 months)

Job overview

  • As a developer in these small organizations, I had the opportunity to be actively involved in all phases of software development
  • This included contributing to the development of various domestic software solutions such as Pathpedhi Online
  • Library Management System, and Hotel Management System
  • It was an enriching experience where was able to hone skills and gain valuable insights into the world of software development.
  • Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessary modifications.
  • Designed, developed, and implemented software applications for website based on analyzed requirements and understanding of industry technical standards.

Education

Center For Development of Advanced Computing , Pune

Diploma from Advance Computing
07.2002

North Maharashtra University , Jalgaon

Bachelor of Engineering from Electronics
06.2000

Certification

  • ITILV2 Foundation Certification
  • Prince 2 Foundation Training
  • Certified Scrum Master, Persistent Systems Ltd
  • Career-essentials-in-generative-ai-by-microsoft-and-linkedin

Timeline

Group Manager- Technical Support

Persistent Systems Limited
2012.07 - Current (12 years & 2 months)

Technical Account Manager

Sigma Software Solutions Pvt.Ltd
2011.03 - 2012.07 (1 year & 4 months)

Specialist

Dell Perot Systems
2010.04 - 2011.02 (10 months)

Senior Technical Associate

Tech Mahindra Limited
2007.02 - 2010.03 (3 years & 1 month)

Consultant

Zensar Technologies Limited
2004.01 - 2007.01 (3 years)

Developer

Vasundhara Software Solutions and Ideal Software Solutions
2002.08 - 2003.10 (1 year & 2 months)

Center For Development of Advanced Computing

Diploma from Advance Computing

North Maharashtra University

Bachelor of Engineering from Electronics
  • ITILV2 Foundation Certification
  • Prince 2 Foundation Training
  • Certified Scrum Master, Persistent Systems Ltd
  • Career-essentials-in-generative-ai-by-microsoft-and-linkedin
Rupesh Mahajan